By Gavin Boyle
As Jenny Marrs mourns the death of her grandmother, the HGTV star shared the miraculous way that the Lord gave her peace.
“One the morning of Nana’s passing, I had the briefest dream of a bright white light. I feel like God gave me a glimpse behind the veil as a comfort to my aching heart. I don’t know how else to describe it except it shone from within me and radiated outward,” Marrs shared on Instagram. “I also felt an immense peace coupled with the most overwhelming joy. And, I could hear the faintest hint of laughter in the distance. They were all there waiting to welcome her: Papa, Memaw and Grandaddy, her sisters and brothers, Garret, Greg, Grandma Shirley, Dave’s mom and grandma…and so many others.”
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“I woke up feeling so peaceful. I knew she was about to have the reunion that she has dreamt of for years. She was going to dance and hug and laugh so hard tears would stream down her cheeks. Only, always, happy tears. Forever,” she continued. “Yet, I also knew we would all have tears here too. Our tears will someday be wiped dry but, for now, they’re sacred. They are proof of how deeply we loved Nana and, most of all, how abundantly she loved us back. Just like she always said: She loves us more, for Eternity.”
Earlier this year, Marrs’ mother-in-law Donna also died. But the Marrs family has found the strength to persevere both through time together and through encouragements from the Lord.
“In the past six months, our family has grieved the passing of ones we love so very dearly. It feels a bit like when I was a kid in the ocean, stuck in a riptide…” she recently said. “Yesterday, while sitting in church feeling exhausted and sad, God led me to one of my very favorite verses: Psalm 39:9. My only hope is in you, Lord. Yet, I felt that wasn’t the message He meant for me, so I kept reading and Psalm 39:12b spoke gently to my aching heart: ‘For I am your guest – / a traveler passing through, / just as my ancestors were before me.’”
While losing a loved one is never easy, it is encouraging to see how Marrs and her family have turned to the Lord for their strength and hope, rather than trying to get through this hard time with their own power.
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